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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Installing Gimp And X11 Problem

Sandking - May 14, 2005 - 7:06 am

Hi,

Lately I wanted to install GIMP but it told me that I need X11. I downloaded it from Apple site but during the installation process it told me that I already have X11 [Tiger os]. What should I do?

MosGuy - May 16, 2005 - 12:48 am

Hello Jacek,

First you can verify that X11 is installed on Tiger:

1) Go to the Utilities folder (Applications/Utilities).

2) Scroll down to the bottom and you should see "X11". Double-click to launch X11, if successful it should launch a terminal window called 'xterm'.

If X11 appears successful you can get GIMP from: http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/

The latest version is 2.2.6. Download the DMG and expand it, then drag the GIMP icon to the Applications folder as you normally would. X11 will automatically launch itself when you run GIMP.

I hope this helps, if you require futher help or have any more questions let me know.

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Sandking - May 16, 2005 - 1:20 am

Hello Richard,

There's no X11 in Utilities folder but still during X11 installation it tells me that I have one.

Jacek

MosGuy - May 16, 2005 - 3:31 pm

Hi Jacek,

I'm sorry for the delay. From what I found out X11 from the Apple site won't install on Tiger.

On the Tiger DVD, look inside Xcode Tools, Packages, and located the file called X11SDK.pkg. Double-click the file and run the installer.

X11 should install successfully. Let me know how things go.

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Sandking - May 17, 2005 - 5:59 am

Richard,

I installed the thing you were talking about with no good at all. I still can't run GIMP - the error msg hasn't changed.

Jacek

MosGuy - May 17, 2005 - 1:24 pm

Jacek,

Thank you for the reply. X11 appeaers to be an issue for a lot of Tiger users. Upon futher research I came across this:

2- Installing Apple's X11 1.1 in Tiger.

Apple's X11 is not installed by default when you install Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). It's available as an optional installation from the Tiger install DVD. If you forget to select it while installing Tiger, you can install it later from the "Optional Installs.mpkg" in the Tiger Install DVD.

3- Installing XCode and the X11 SDK

Double click on the "Xcode Tools.mpkg" inside the folder Xcode Tools in the Tiger Install DVD. Before installing confirm that the "X11 SDK" and the "DevSDK" (among other things) are selected from the 'Software Development Kits'.
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It appears you need to select the DevSDK as well. I'll continue to do research for more tips. Keep me posted on the results.

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Sandking - May 17, 2005 - 4:52 pm

Hi Richard

No need to thank for reply - I'm glad that someone wants to help me. I installed xcode tools and still no luck. Have you tried to install GIMP? Maybe it would be easier and faster if you could run it.

Thanks again.

Jacek

Sandking - May 17, 2005 - 4:52 pm

Hi Richard

No need to thank for reply - I'm glad that someone wants to help me. I installed xcode tools and still no luck. Have you tried to install GIMP? Maybe it would be easier and faster if you could run it.

Thanks again.

Jacek

MosGuy - May 17, 2005 - 7:12 pm

Hi Jacek,

I have no issues running GIMP, I'm still running Panther (x.3.9) though. I have a fellow Macosx tech who's upgraded to Tiger, I'll see if they can try installing GIMP & X11 to see whether they have any problems.

Also when you installed Tiger which method did you use ?:

- Upgrade existing OS
- Archive & install
- Clean install

I'll do some more research & ask around my tech contacts.

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Sandking - May 18, 2005 - 2:09 am

Hi Richard,

I made a clean install and then made again update from the same cd [I know it sounds stupid but I got a serious issue with cd reading and I've read somewhere that I should try that - no luck at all with this problem]. I also made yesterday a system update.

Jacek

MosGuy - May 21, 2005 - 4:51 pm

Hi Jacek,

I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Another thing you could try is to do an 'Archive & install'. That way all your files etc are saved. If you do a Custom install, you can select to install X11 under the 'customize' option.

I'm puzzled why the developer tools method doesn't work. Also if you did a format and install why it would claim X11 is already installed.

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